Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden holds the Pampa Biome Week
The Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden (JBRJ) starts today (12) a series of thematic activities on the Pampa biome. The program, which will last until the 18th, includes educational activities, presentation of a typical gaúcho dance group, distribution of booklets, planting of seedlings and a virtual seminar. At the restaurant located in the Garden, there will be a menu with typical dishes of the local cuisine and, at the gift shop, located in the Visitors' Center, products from the "Brazilian Biomes Collection – Pampa" will be on sale. The public will also be able to access the interactive digital magazine Protegendo the Brazilian Pampa.
Typical Pampa plants, present in 63% of the state's territory, such as aroeira (Schinus terebinthifolia) and pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana), gained new signposts and can be seen in the arboretum of Jardim Botânico.
During the week of the Pampa biome, the Green Garden restaurant will be offering a special menu of the region, with polenta as a starter; roast rib, typical food from the South Region, as a main dish; and for dessert, pumpkin candy.
Schedule
The program for the week of the Pampa biome foresees, on the 14th, the reintroduction of the species Ilex paraguariensis St. Hill. (yerba mate) in the arboretum. The plant is considered a symbol of Rio Grande do Sul.
Wednesday (15) will be dedicated to educational games in the teaching laboratory of the Environment Museum. The activity, conducted by the Jardim Botânico Environmental Education Service, will be carried out from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, and will include a memory game, word search, distribution of an educational booklet on the Pampa biome and tasting of mate. There will also be a transmission, at 6 pm – on the JBRJ YouTube channel (youtube.com/jardimbotanicodoriodejaneiro) – of the virtual seminar “What do you know about the Pampa biome?”, with researchers Gehard Overbeck, from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), and Priscila Porto Alegre Ferreira, from the Zoobotânica Foundation of Rio Grande do Sul.
On Saturday (18), the performance of the typical gaucho dance group Eco Legüero Folclore Gaúcho RJ is scheduled, at 11 am, on the lawn of Lago das Tartarugas.
Text translated using artificial intelligence.
